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—Director Compliance and Business Performance Management Solutions

Kathleen Wilhide is the Director for Compliance and Business Performance Management (BPM) software research at IDC, a worldwide research firm. Ms. Wilhide directs IDC's research efforts on Compliance, with specific focus on the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on CFOs and the requirements for solutions addressing financial compliance. She has published a series of studies for IDC on this subject.

Prior to joining IDC, Ms. Wilhide has over 15 years of enterprise applications experience including serving in a variety of management positions at SAP America, where she specialized in Financial, Business Intelligence, and Analytical Applications, such as SAP's Strategic Enterprise Management solution.

Ms. Wilhide has spent the past 18 months consulting with CFOs and various software solution providers on next generation performance management applications and on software solutions supporting financial compliance. She is a CPA with experience as a controller and financial reporting specialist in industry roles.